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“Thirty-Six Stratagems” by Anonymous

[Original Chinese Title: 三十六計 | 三十六计]

Machiavelli’s “The Prince” pales in comparison with this Chinese classic on cunning and duplicitous maneuverings in war and politics.

“Thirty-Six Stratagems” was grounded in ancient Chinese philosophy and tested through many thousand years of political intrigue and warfare in Chinese history, and therefore has more depth and breadth, in my opinion, than Machiavelli’s work, which was based mostly on his own interpretations of cause and effect of historical facts.

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How is it going pals? Since you are interested in classics, I would like to share with you the fact that scientists discovered that each human being gets a program at birth. All these programs are recorded within Collection of Mountains and Seas or Shan Hai Ching. Basically, everything is recorded by the use of images. It lists and also describes them. Additionally, they identified that I Ching (Zhouyi) and Tao Te Ching (by Laotze) are commentaries to Shan Hai Jing.